BEDFORD GAZETTE
—PjEPFORD, Pa.—
FRIDAY : 4MWBT 1861.
B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor
REGULAR NOMINATIONS!
For (he Union, the fousiitulion and the Laws
ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
GEN. JAMES EURNS,
JUMATA.
TREAStTEES,
MAJ. A. J. SANSCM,
BED>'ORB r.OR.
COMMISSIONER,
PHILIP SHOEMAKER.
CODERAIN.
AUDITOR,
DANIEL L. DEFIBAUGH,
SNAKE SPUING.
MfffrLllMß!
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to call and settle by next Court.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Democratic County Com
mittee, will be held at the otfice of W. P.
Schell, in Bedford, on WEDNESDAY, THE
14th DAY OF AUGUST, NEXT, to supply a
vacancy on the Democratic County Ticket, oc
casioned by tho declination of Mr. Henry
Wertz, the nominee for Poor Director. A full
attendance is earnestly desired.
JOHN S. SCHELL,
Scheiisburg, July 23d, '6l. Chairman.
A National Convention.
It will be remembered that Secretary Seward,
in his speech in the Senate, last winter, and
Mr. Lincoln in his Inaugural Address, suggest
ed the calling of a Convention of the States for
the purpose of taking some action tor the settle
ment of the existing national ddliculties. This
— j rraa l, oi. acieu upon ov
any ol the States, and it seems that Congress,
which has exhibited such slavish subserviency
in obeying the behests of the President, has for
gotten that it ever was made. Perhaps, if the
Legislatures of the loyal States had acted on
the hint of Messrs. LINCOLN and SEWARD, we
would at this day have domestic peace and 3
united Republic. It was at least worthy ot the
experiment. Nor are we prepared tosav,even
at this late dav, when the mutual hate of the
TCtionalists, North and South, has been inflam
ed and excited in the last degree, when the
fields of the South are deluged with traternal
blood, shed bv fratricidal hands, when the villa
ges of Virginia lie in smouldering ruins and
thousands ot Northmen s!ain ( atiest the fierceness
and iiorror of the unnatufal conflict, that the
peace and integrity of the nation might not be
restored by a National Convention fresh from
the ranks of the people.
We have unbounded faith in the common
srwe, patriotism, civilized feeling, and Christi
anity of the popular masses. If President Lin
coln is sincere in his professions of regard for
the will of the majority, he must likewise have
confidence in the ability of the people to seltle
the pending troubles. No statesman, no true
Republican, no lover of liberty, can object to
the arbitrament of a majority of the whole peo
ple. The grave and awfully important issues
involved in th 13 death-struggle between the
Government and Rebel lion, concern the people
alone. The great- question is not so much
whether President Lincoln is to administer the
Government, as whether we are to have a Gov
ernment to administer ; not so much whether
the Union is lo be maintained by the coetcion
of seceding states, as whether the people of the
loyal slates are to be the inheritors of good gov
ernment, with its attendant blessing#, civil and
religious liberty and domes'c recce and order.
To insure the solution of this question so as to
redound to the uiteiest and welfare of the loyal
States, we deem it an nhtolaft ntcrsftify that a
National Convention should be called to meet
at the earliest possible day. It will be objected
that we can offer no compromises to the South,
consistent with the integrity oi the Union,
which the latter will accept. It rriv be so.—
It will do no harm to make the offer. On the
contrary, should the Seceded States reject a fair
proposition tor peace, it would cciy sei ve to u
nite the people ot the tovai States more firmly
in their endeavor to maintain the ur.itv of the
-Republic. The union men in the Border States
would be strengthened and a new impulse giv
en to the feai'y of the true men in the Seceded
States. Put there is another important service
which might be rendt red bv the action of a
National Convention. It is agreed by ail par
ties in the North, that to recognize the indepen
dence ot the Seceded States, would be virtually
to dissolve the political bonds uivting the re-
mainder of the Stales. A consequence of such
recognition, might, therefore, he the secession
of other States, and the final result, anarchy and
confusion. To guard against such a fimle let a
National Convention, composed, if you please,
ot none but delegates from the twenty three
loval States, resolve that the doctrine of secess
ion is not deducible from fhe Constitution, that
as for the people of the twenty three loyai
states, they will remain together under the pres
ent Government, in obedience to its laws and
in support of the Constitution, no matter if other
States shall withdraw therefrom, and that the
union existing between the people of those
twenty three slates shall be perpetual. This
would certainly prevent the heresy of secession
from creeping into the remainder of the States,
should the Government ever, unfortunately,
find it necessary to acknowledge the indejien
denceof the eleven Seceded States. Let us,
therefore, take such precautionary steps, as, if
we cannot preserve the Union, will secure the
integrity and safety of the states which still re
main loyal to the Government. It we cannot
save others, let us sav* ourselves.
Local and Miscellaneous.
. .. .Fernon's Mining Register of last Satur
day, has the following :
"Three miles of lateral road along the Six
Mile Run in the Broad Top region, now under
contract, will be pushed forward to completion,
to provide outlet from new collieries. An ad
ditional height engine has been put into service
on the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad, to
be followed by another which is also needed to
haul coal trains.
We expect in a very short time to chronicle
that the coal tonnage from Broad Top exceeds
ten thousand tons per week. Thus far, all that
we have said on the prospective increase of the
Broad Top coal trade has been surpassed by
facts disclosed in subsequent results."
. .. .An abundant harvest has just been ga
thered in by our fanners, the grain being unu
sually heavy. We hear of no complaints
concerning weevil, or rust. A merciful
and beneficent Providence, ha 3 blessed us
with an extraordinary yield ot the staples of
life, for which we have double cause to be
thankful in these times of civil war and nation
al distress.
....The following 19 the amount of coal
transported over the Huntingdon and Broad
Top Mountain Railroad during the wepk ending
July 24-, 1861, and since January 8, 1861 :
Week. Previously Year.
1564 7,633 tone 112,550 tors 120,513 tons
IS6O 3,729 " 89,135 " 103,161
Inc. 3,901 13,445 17,319 "
. .. .The Anniversary of the Bedford Bible
Society, will be held in the Presbyterian Church
at 71 o'clock P.M.,on Sunday, or Monday
evening, next. Explicit notice will be given
from the Pulpits on Sabbath morning. Gen
tlemen from abroad and also hum the town
—■ * —™, B.
....The "Taylor Guards," of this place,
lately forming a part of Gen. Patterson's divis
ion, are expected home.to-day,(Thursday). We
are glad to hear of their safe return from the
wars. As the citizens of our town have been
very liberal in their beslowment ol favors upon
the stranger soldiers that have passed through
here, we think it would be no more than right
that our own gallant volunteers should be treat
ed with similar marks of respect. We, there
fore, propose that a public entertainment be giv
en by the citizens of Bedford to the Taylor
Guards, on their return to their homes. Who
seconds the motion?
.... There are tribes of various kinds, as the
Twelve Tribes, the Indian Tribes, Diatribes,
and "a!l that tribe," but of all the tribes in ex
istence, give us the " finny tribe," especially
when they are done brown in a baking-pan
well supplied with fresh butter and nice flour.
What do you say, John, Job, Joshua, and all
ye other amateur fishermen of the " Narrows V'
. .. .The fall term of the Blair couniy Nor
mal School begins on the 12th inst. See adver
tisement.
... .Any person wishing to purchase a good
farm will do well lo read our advertising col
umns. The property of tlie late Win. Nycum,
of Monroe tp., we can recommend lrom person
al knowledge.
....Somerset county was represented at
the Springs, last week, by Messrs. John W.
Parker, (pioprietor of the Ross House, Somer
set) Major Alex. Stutzman (member of the
Somerset Zouaves) Ex-SherifT Swope and
Geo. P. Gebhart. They are jolly fellows
enough for Democritus himself.
... .The Chairman of (he Democratic Coun
ty ( ommittee, as will be seen by,reference to
another column, has called a meeting of the
Committee to be held at this place, on the 14-th
inst. The Committee consists of the following
named, gentlemen :
John S. Scheil, Chairman, W. Chenowetb,
John P. Reed, George Elder, Geo. Smouse,Jr.,
Charles Hillegas, Samuel M. Boor, Jos. F. Bee
gfe, J. T. Gephait, Hm. Foster, J no. Human,
Daniel Barley, John H. Barton.
. ...IRON C.TV COLLEUE.— Ttie following
letter from one of the recent graduates ot the
Iron City College, Pittsburg, Pa , peaks tor it
self ;
" Every young man who wouiil thoroughly
prepaie himself for business, should avail hitii
seil of the advantages here afforded. Students
are not LEARNED, but TAIUHT, and that with
ali the thoroughness and precision the subject
demands, by the most skiliiui and accomplished
instructors, who give their social and con
stant attention to the pupils. Every thing is
treated in a scientific and business-iike man
net ; while the Penmanship, which is taught by
tbe greatest living master of the, art is unequal
ed by anything in the country. The College
is pre-eminently worthy ot public patronage."
A. L. BARS TRESS.
A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS,
To wliifb Ibf Public is Hailing for an
Answer.
It is said that the panic on Sunday origina
ted with the teamsters, who were out of place.
The Public asks—wbo placed them there ?
That the panic was aggravated by alarms ot
a gallery of civilians, present to ree Rre show.
The Public asks—who gave them passes'?
That many of our officers weie appointed to
commands with which they were wholly unac
quainted.
The Public asks—who is responsible ?
That ignorant civilians were placed in com
mands which they disgraced.
The Public asks—who appointed them -1
That the senseless objurgations of the Tribune
led to a premature attack.
The Public Bf=ks—who is so weak as to be
influenced by GREELEV ?
In a word, evil does not do itself—some one
is to blame for it ; and the American people de
mand to know whose short-coinings have led to
their disgrace. — Philada. Inquirer.
A single name will answer ail the above
questions —some indirectly, but most of them
directly—viz : ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The Reraorracy of lowa ou the War.
CHICAGO, July 27.—The Democratic State
Convention ot lowa met at Des Moines on the
21th inst., and nominated Charles Mason ior
Governor.
Resolutions were adopted, declaring the "Ij
repressive Conflict" the cause o< the war, cen
suring the South for resorting to aims to redress
their grievances, denominating secession a po
litical heresy, and also censuring the President
for assuming and exercising military power, but
pledging the supf&rt of the Democracy of lowa
to the Government in the exprcise of its legiti
mate functions in a Constitutional manner, and
also favoring a National Convention to settle
the pending difficulties.
Good for the Democracy of Iowa! The
people of the whole Union, will bless them for
striking this blow for Constitutional Liberty !
Comprehending the South.
The New York Express thinks that'the late
battle should serve as a lesson to the North, and
remarks :
For the first time since the creation of, and
success of, the Geographical parly of the North,
we begin to hope for our unhappy country.—
The Bull Run disaster has checkmated and si
lenced the madmen ot the North, and reason
and sense will notv begin to have sway in the
Northern mind. The South is being compre
hended—its force, its earnestness, its power, its
fanaticism, even, are understood. It is not
treason any longer—as it was in March and A
pril—to tell our people, the South will fight,
means to fight, can fight ! It is not treason to
say that this is a terrible war, and a long war,
we are in, and that to wage it successfully, all
the men we can muster are necessary, and ail
the means we can raise, not alone through im
ports, but by direct taxes i It is not treason a
ny longer to doubt the infallibility of adminis
trations—of President or Secretaries, .or to dis
cuss points and principles, with the view ol
demonstrating what is best for the whole coun
try. The question of discussion, now, is one of,
bt't provoke '
men to discuss. Events, alas! too fatally, but
demonstrate the sagacity and foresight, and sec
ond-sight, even ot the New York Express fo]f
these ten years past—and hence, as we record
history now, we have but to ask our readers to
re-read back files, for in th m they have the
existing history.
PROCLAMATION-
We commend the following sound document
to the attention of our community generally.
Gov. Curtin is ce-lainly right in saying that
his present shin-plaster issue lias driven all the
gold and and silver out of the country:
Another Extra Session Required.
WHEREAS, I, ANDREW G. CURTIN, the j
supreme political ruler, and ex-ofticio Cover- i
nor of the State of Pennsylvania in and out of !
my abundant wisdom, did a short time since
ctll, convene, and hasten together an extra
session of the august Legislature of this Com
monwealth, for the secret and ostensible pur
pose of relieving the various rotten Banks of
this commonwealth from the notorious dilemma
they were then in, by allowing them to issue
small notes, and pay 'he same out lawful
ly instead of specie, in order and for the ex
press purpose of concealing the insolvency and
inability o! said Banks to pay specie for the
notes issued by them;
Now KNOW YE, That the said Legislature
is again forthwith convened; and this time
they are required to pass a law allowing and
requiring said Banks to issue notes of a denom
ination not exceeding six and one-fourth cents,
so that the full measure ol shin plasters mav be
abundantly realized, and no man be wanting
of change —it being most conclusively evident
to ine that the present issue ot smail notes has
diiven all gold and silver out of the country.
Done at my Mansion, at Harrisburg, this
22ad July, 18G1.
A letter from Richmond, dated the 22d,says
-that Congress met at no in, and after prayer the
following despatch was read before that body :
Manassas Junction, Sunday night.—Th e
night iias closed upon a bard-fought field. Our
forces were victorious. The enemy were rou
ted, and precipitately abandoned a large a
mount of aims, knapsacks and bazgage. The
grounu was strewn for miles with those killed,
and the farm-houses and grounds around were
filled with the wounded. Pursuit was contin
ued along S'-veral routes towards Leesbuig and
Centreviile, until darkness covered the fugi
tives. We have captured many field batteries
and star.d of arms, and one of the United States
flags. Many prisoners have been taken.
Too high praise cannot be best owed, wheth
er for the skill of the principal officfVs, or the
gallantry ol all oar troops. The battle was
mainly fought on our lelt. Our force was
15,000 : that of theenemv was estimated at
35,000.
(Signed) JEFFERSON' DAVIS.
LF-MAJOF. GENERAL J. C. FREMONT has
been placed in command of a new military De
partment. consisting of the State of Illinois,
and the States anu Territories west of the Mis
sissippi river and on this side of the Rocky
Mountains, including New Mexico. General .
Fremont'? headquarter? will be at St. Louis.
General Scott's Plan of a Campaign.
It has been well understood that the premature
opening of the campaign and the eaiiy advance
into Virginia were forced upon General Scott,
against his judgment and in opposition to his
firm convictions ot what should be the plan of
operations. The declaration of Col. Richardson
of Illinois, in the House of Representatives, in
which the language of General Scott was re
peated, confirmed what we had stated to be the
views of the General-in-Chief, and fixed the
responsibility upon the President and his incom
petent advisers, within and without the Cabi
net.
The New York Tunes of Friday contains an
editorial article on this subject, which strength
ens and estabiishej the fact in question ; and
although it does not, to our minds, relieve Gen.
Scott from responsibility,fixes the primary cause
of the disaster u[>on others. General Scott's
fault consists in having allowed himsell to be
made the instrument ol" a plan which did not
command the approval of his own judgment,
and which he believed sure to result in disaster
to our arms. He could not prevent it, but he
could have resigned his position, and thus re
lieved himself from the odium which must now
and forever attach to this unfortunate military
exploit.
Even in this view of the case, General Scott
should be judged charitably. Had he refused
to be made instrumental in carrying out the
plans of Editorial and Congressional Generals,
which the President had oeen forced to adopt,
the whole cabal would have aimed a stab at his
fair lame, by intimations of incompetency and
cowardice, it not by actually branding him as
a traitor. "Good and true men all about us, have
been maligned in Ibis manner, for dissenting
from the impracticable and unwise plans of the
war party, and Gen Scott would have been a
victim of their highest ambition.
The real views of the General, as developed
in the accompanying extract from the Times,
are singularly in contrast with the bloody poli
cy of the partisan While theirs
reeks with hate, reveftge and blood, his is dis
tinguished for humanity and the welfare of the
whole country. It is probable that Mr. Ray
mond has authority of General Scott for pub
lishing the words attributed to him at his own
table, " in preence of his Aids and a single
guest." Otherwise Mr. R. would not have vi
olated the iules of hospitality and propriety &y
making them public. They are as follows Pt*
On the Tuesday precediug the battle, Gen.
Scott at his own table, in the presence of his"*
aids and a single guest, discussed the whole sub
ject ol this war, in all its parts, and with the
utmost clearness and accuracy. He had a dis
tinct and well defined opinion on every point
connected with it ; and stated what his plan
would be for bringing it to a close, if the man
agement of it had been left in hts hands. The
main object ol the war, he said, was to bring
the people of the rebellious States to feel the
pressure ol the Government; to compel them
lo return to their'obedieiice and loyalty. And i
this must be done with the least possible expen
diture of life compatible with the attainment of 1
the object. No Christian nation can be justi- |
tied, he said, in waging war in such away as
shall destroy 501 lives, when the object of the i
war can be attained at a cost of 500. Every
man killed beyond the number absolutely re- j
quired, is murdered. Hence, he looked upon
ail shooting of picxets, all scouting forays not '
required in older to advance the general object j
which did not contribute to the general result, I
as so many acts ol "'(justifiable homicide.
be would have commenced by a perfect block
ade of of every Southern port on the Atlantic i
and the Gult Then he would have collected j
a large force at the capital fur defensive purpo- ;
ses, —and another large one on the Mississippi
for offensive operations. The summer months, i
during which it is madness to take troops south
of St. Louis, should have been devoted to tacti- '
cal instructions ; and with the first frosts of an- j
tumn he would have taken a column of SO,OOO j
well disciplined troops down the Mississippi,— :
and taken every important point on that river,
New Orleans included. It could have been
done, he said, with greater ease, witn less loss
of life, and with far more important results
than would attend the marching of an army to
Richmond. At eight paints the river would
probably be defended, and eight battles would
have been necessary ; but in every one of them
success could have been made certain for us.—
The Mississippi and the Atlantic once ours,
the Southern States would have been compell
ed, by the natural and inevitable pressure of
events, to seek, by a return to the Union, escape
.from the ruin that would speedily overwhelm
them out of it. "This," said he, "was my plan.
But lam only a subordinate. It is my business
to give advice when it is asked, and to obey,
orders when they are given. 1 shall do it.—
There are gentlemen in (he Cabinet who know
much more about war than I do, and who have
far greater influence than I have in determin
ing the plan of the campaign. There never
was a more just and upright man than the Pres
ident, — never one who desired more sincerely
to promote the best interes's of the country.—
But there are inen among his advisers who con
sult their own resentments far more than the
dictates of wisdom and experience,—and these
"men will probably decide the plan of the cam
paign. I shall do, or attempt, whatever lam
ordered to do. But they must not hold me re
sponsible. It lam ordered to go to Richmond,
I shall endeavor to doit. But I know perfect
ly well that they have no concepfiou of the
difficulties we shall encounter. I know the
country,—how admirably adapted it is to de
fense, and how resolutely and obstinately it will
be defended. I would like nothing better tnan
to take Richmond now that it has been dis
graced by becoming the capital ot the rebel
Confederacy. I feel a resentment towards it,
and should like nothing better to than scatter its
Congress to the winds. But I have lived Jong
enough to know that human resentment is a
very had foundation for a public policy ; and
these gentlemen will live long enough to learn
it also. I shall do what lam ordered. I shall
fight when and where lam commanded. But
if lam compelled to fight befoie / am ready,
they shall not hold me responsible. These gen
tlemen must take the responsibility of their acts,
as lam willing to take that of mine. But they
must not throw their responsibility on my shoul
ders."
RETURNED.— Our young friend, Peter
A. Reed, has returned from Kansas, where he
iias been sojourning fur some time.
Geo. H. Mengel, of the I 'alley Spirit, j
and J. B. Sansom, of the Fulton Democrat, !
have seen in town for some days, on a visit to j
their old friends in this neighborhood.
! NEWS FROM MANASSAS JUNCTION
ALEX ANURIA, July 27. —Mrs Hincdal, WHOE
husband is a member ol the Second Michigan
Regiment, which is now on the Virginia side
of the Potomac, has returned from Manassas
Junction. She w-as at Centerviile during the
engagement on Sunday, and waited there lot
the return of the soldieis, looking lor her hud*
band. Failing to see him, she supposed him
a prisoner at Manassas. The enemy captured
her and conveyed her thither, att employed
bet there as hospital nurse. *
On fhursiay she procured a pass from Gen
eral Beauregard, and his consent to leave.
She walked to Alexandria, where she arrived
this morning, fatigued. Her husband was not
a prisoner, but returned with his regiment.
She reports as being in the hospital at the
Junction with a number ol our wounded. The
enemy say they have over 1000 prisoners.
Mrs. H. brings verbal messages fromseveial
to their friends, and sacs that the wounded are
well cared lor. The offer of liberty has been
granted to those who will take an oath lo not
again take up aim 9 against the Confederates.
A few had done so, but the majority refused.
Of the prisoners in tfie hospital are Henry
S. Perrin and Lieut. Underbill, of New York,
who ar employed as hospital stwards. E. F.
Taylor, ol New Jersey, Surgeon; Quartermas
ter C. J. Murphy, Dr. Swift, John Bagley, and
Vrendenburg of ilie Fourteenth New York,
are in the hospital. Surgeon Buxton, ol the
Fifth Maine, and the Surgeons of the thirty
eighth New York, First Minnesota and Third
United States infantry, are prisoners. Thev
are all taken to our hospital near the battle field.
Mrs Hinsdale says that the Confederates bu
rieb their (Fad as lust as they could be recov
ered, and that the enemy represent that they
had but 50 killed; but their wounded exceed
ed 1500. She saw many of our dead unbori
ed as she passed over the battlefield, and dis
tinguished some of them by their uniforms.
She says the enemy's force is very large at
Manassas, and that the officers are very busy
in drilling and disciplining the troops; that
Gen. Beauregard is constantly on the move,
going from one part of the camp to the oth
er, aod arranging, as they said, for some great
movement. She reports that a large force of
the enemy is at Fairfax Court House with heavy
guns.
The Richmond Papers ou the first Rattle.
Of the retreat of the Confederate forres lrorn
Fairfax C'oart House and Centreviile to Bull
HUm, and the fight of the lSlh, the Richmond i
Examiner of Saturday says :
The retreats from these places were in ac
cordance with orders, Bull Run being selected
as the battie ground. Our troops, after firing
several hundred rounds, withdrew in good or
der, before advancing on the foe, and lell back
on Bull Run. Here the retiring, forces were
met bv the 11th, 17th and Ist Virginia regi
ments and waited, expecting to fight at day
break. At -i o'clock in the afternoon the main
I body ol the foe advanced to within half a mile
of Bull Run, and made'' several attempts to
advance, each time being repulsed with great
slaughter. The retreat had every appearance
of a signal rout, they leaving their dead and
wounded behind, and iosing six pieces of artil
lery. The Virginia regiments pursued some
distance, capturing a nun.ber of prisoners.—
The enemy in their several advances behaved ,
at first with great spirit, quickly rallying and j
closing up their columns, but finally broke, and j
~ -ui rct.ulion ot our 1
musketry and artillery.
On Wednesday afternoon dispatches were
sent to Gen. Johnson to repair with a portion
! ol his command to reinforce Gen. Beaniegard.
The battle exteuded along Buii Run to the
i distance of a mile, and within that space there j
were left 9" i (i dead and wounded. Our loss!
being 137 in killed, wounded and missing ; the \
\ missing since returned reduce this to GO. The I
! number of the enemy engaged is variously esti- i
| mated between 5,000 and 10,000, while our j
• force little exceeded 3,500.
The Richmond Whig call* the fight a skir-j
; mish of llrst-rste proportions. The Provost- j
! Marshall, it adds, reports having buried 953 of ;
the enemy. The Confederate infantiy made a
bayonet charge on the enemy which swept all
before it. Among the unreported officers kill
ed are George White, of the New Orleans Ar
tillery : Majors Harrison, Kirby, Smith of Flor
ida, and Col. Johnston ot South Carolina.
BEWARE. —We warn the conservative cit
izens of the country that the hour is at hand
when the Abolitionists will make a strong ef
fort to lead tlieni into a war against slavery.—
The excited state of the public mind, growing,
out uf the recent disaster to the army, affords
an opportunity to offer to the Government, and
urge upon its acceptance, any weapon however
barbarous. The encouragement of a slave in
surrection for the massacre of women and chil
dren is already proposed, and even a respectable
New York journal boldly advocates this inhu
man idea. Most of the stories of the barbarities
committed by the rebels, are believed to beman
ufictured solely for the purpose of exciting the
public mind to this method of vengeance, and
after the effect which is desired is produced,
we shall have the proprosition coming from
strong quarters to arm the slaves for a rising.
The New York Times has sufficient respecta
bility to show that a proposition of this sort in
its columns is not a mere canard. From the
beginning, this war ha 3 been favored by the
ultra Abolitionists on the ground that it must
at length become an anti-slavery war. For
weeks after it began, the Tribune headed its
news column, " THE PRO- SLAVERY WAR," —
implying that the war was only a question of
pro or anti-slavery. The most virulent Aboli
tion leaders, wisely staying at home from the
fight, have made speeches in favor of the war
and its ultimate end in freeing the slaves. This
idea has been gradually anil stealthily introduc
ed into the minds of the people, until many
have begun to think that the slaves may be used
as a weapon of war, without violation of the
ttie principles of humanity. Even in Congress
the speeches of members indicate that they are
willing to make use of them 44 if we are forced
to it;" that is, if we cannot suppress the rebel
lion in any other way.
Is there a Christian man on the earth who
favors this idea ? We call on all men who
have any love for the name of man, who desire j
to preserve in America the character of human
ity, and not have us handed down to posterity
as fiends, to oppose with voice and vote this
horrible resort.— Journal of Commerce.
The York county Democracy have
adopted the resolutions ol the Bedtord County
Democratic Convention. Democrats ot other
localities have done the same. We take this
as a compliment well deserved by the Democra
cy of our county, for their unwavering ad-!
herence to principle and right.
THE EXD OF GREELEY
A party of Union men hung Horace Creeley
J iast evening, in effigy, in Washington squaie
I The memorable white coa! and hat were seen,
, this morning, suspended by a rope on one of the
trees in the parade ground'. The eliigy remain
( ed there until 10 o'clock. A. M., to-day, at
tracting much notice. A large placard was at
tached to it bearing the inscription :
HORACE GREELEY,
i IHL W^R BLOODHOUND. I
S>FORWWRD TO THE DEVIL'"'.
L - <jj
The Army of the Shenaudoah - Evacu
atiou of H?rper's Ferry.
F PEDERLCK, July 2tl.
Harper's Ferry is being evacuated by
Federal troops, who are rehring to the Ma \-
lanJ side, the baggage wagons and camp equip
been previously sent over.
In to guard against surprise, the hue of
the railroad is being protected by the troops
The whereabouts of Cenera! Johnston are
not known, but the Confederate pickets were
| reported yesterday to be within seven miles of
the Ferry. Firing wag heard 10-iiay.
THE BLOOD is LIFE. No more shall the POOR
sufferers in our country languish, their consu
tntions racked and torn by strong and danger
ous mineral medicines; they will come to tin
fountain ol health,/ound in simple herbs and
roots lrom nature's storehouse. TUB MOUN
TAIN* HERB ol innocent mountain
plants composed, will reach and stop their
distress, and cause the blood, renewed and
cleaned, to carry through the body the elements
of health ; building up the broken constitution,
and carrying life and health, where but for
them would have been the wreck of hope—the
feeble moan of suffering at last ended by the
cold hand of death. Do not let prejudice
overcome your better reason; do not look upon
these Pills as only like others; do not let your
despair, alter trying everything else, prevent
you from trying these. The blood must be
pure, and then sickness is impossible. What
a great and yet simple truth is this! it appeals
to the common sense ol all; it is the great key
s'one of the healing art. JUDSON'S MOUN
TAIN HERB PILLS will purify and cleanse
i! as sure as the sun will rise to-morrow.
JUDSON'S MOUNTAIN HERB PILLS are sold
by all Medicine Dealers.
"The Life of the Flesh is in the Blood
was told by inspiration long before Harvey's
discovery ol its circulation had brought to light
its purposes and uses. Now we know not
only that "hie is in the blood," but that disease
inhabits it also. Many of the disorders that
pervade the human frame, have their home in
it, thrive and grow in it. The celebrated Dr.
J. C. Ayer, of Lowell, has had regard to this
important lact in making a Remedy to cure
these disorders. His Extract of Sar-aparilla
purges out the impurities ot the blood and in
duces a healthy action in it that expels distaee.
Tnis looks reasonable, and it is true, for w
know it by our own experience/ Seldom as we
take any medicine, we have nevertheless sev
eral times been under obligations to the skill
of Dr Ayer for the relief which his remedies
never laii to afford us when we are obliged to
have recourse to them.—[Catholic, Halifax,
N. S.
& T ID
r I \ RLE & LY !¥
S E WIN fi-M 1 e IIIN E 0 0.,
538 B A' QADW.SY, JYEIV- YORK.
N O person who contemplates purchasing.* Sewing
Machine for family or man ufaclnring purposes
should fail to send for one of o-r Circulars, which
contains cuts and full descriptions of the several
styles, prices and tawplti of work, all of which we
send by mail free. We claim to have lha
BEST SEWING MACHINES IN THE WORLD
For either Family or Manufacturing Purposes.
And ail we ask is a tasr trial. Read the following :
IMPORTANT FACTS.
FACT No. I.—This Company being duly licensed,
their Machines aie protected against infringe
ments or litigation.
FACT No. 2.—These Machines make the loik
stitch—alike on both sides—and use a littli less
than half as much thread and silk as the chain
or loop-stitch machines.
FACT No. 3.—These Machines are better adapted
than any other sewing-machines in market to the
frequent changes and almost endless variety of
sewing required in a family. They will sew
from one to twenty thicknesses of Marseilles
without stopping, and make every stitch perfect.
They will even sew from the finest gauze to the
heaviest cloth, and even stout, hard leather,
without changing the feed, needle, or tension, or
making any adjustment of machine whatever.—
Is not such a machine best adapted to family use?
and if best adapt ed to family use, why not for
every variety of light sewing manufacture f For
work too heavy for our Family Machine, we rec
ommend our larger sizes.
FACT No. 4.—These Machines make the most e
lastic seam ol any sewing-machine in use— a fact
of very great importance in sewing elastic goods,
or goods of any kind, or a bias.
FACT No. s.—No Machine is more durable or
more simple in its construction, or more easily
understood. The reputation of these Machines
wherever used will fully demonstrate etch of the
above facts.
FACT No. 6-—These Machine* took the Highest
Premium at the Franklin Institute, Pbiladel
pnia.
FACT No. 7—These Machines took the Highest
Premium at the New Jersey State Fair.
FACT No B. —These Machines took the Highest
Medal at the American Institute, in the City ot
New Y irk, together with the Highest Premium
for fine Sewing-Machine Work.
FACT No. 9.—These Machines took both the
Highest Premiums at the Mechanics' Fair, Utica,
FACT No. 10.—These Machines can do the same
thing generally, whenever properly exhibited in
competition with other first-class Sewing Ma
chines. But we have space for only one fait
more—it is the most important Fact of -11
F ACI No. 11.— IVd warrant every Machine tue
to glut better lata faction than any other SewiHg-
Machine in mariet, or money refunded.
for a Circular. AGENTS WANTED.
Address,
Finkle & Lyon Scwing-Jiacbiue Co.
No. 538 BROADWAY, NKW-YOR*.
Aug. 3, '6l. 1 yr.